Factors Related to the Practices of Wearing and Caring for the Head Scarf (Hijab) and Problems for Some Students of Alexandria University Girls

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Department of Home Economics - College of Agriculture - Shatby

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This study aimed at studying the practices of wearing and caring for the head scarf (hijab) and its problems and related factors. The study was conducted on a random sample of 251 girls from the Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, where the data were collected using a personal interview questionnaire. The study was based on percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and simple correlation coefficient as statistical methods for presenting and discussing research results; the result as follow:
That more than half of the study sample prefers a rectangular head cover, and we find that about three-quarters of the study sample prefer light colors, and most of the sample of the study prefers non-wooded head cover.
The results also show that most of the sample of the study prefers head coverings made of satin fabric, followed by chiffon and synthetic fibers, preferring a head cover with a synthetic gel, and the least raw material in the head cover is cotton.
It is also clear that respondents prefer a short head cover of 35.5% compared to a long head cover.
The total wear and care practices were at the intermediate level of 81.3%, the level of wearing practices and the care of headscarves (headscarves) and problems in the majority of respondents at the intermediate level by 70.6%.
The results also showed a positive correlation significant at the level of probability (0.05) between the practices of dressing and job father as the value of the correlation coefficient (0.133), also found a positive correlation significant at the level of probability (0.05) between the head cover problems and between both the mother's job and the job of the father where The correlation coefficient values ​​(0.191), (0.162) were in the same order.
It also found a correlation at the abstract level (0.05) between the total practices and the job of the mother and the educational level of the mother as the value of the correlation coefficient (0.140) and (0.136), also found a significant relationship at the level of probability (0.01) between the total practices of wear and care, and the number of sisters where The correlation coefficient values ​​were (0.167).

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